Faucet.



l I .zaew y YIM/aria? J2 G. KASJENS.

FAUGET.

APfPLIOATION FILED HAY 13. 1907.

900,385, I ,Patented oet; 6,1908.v

www v @ww/@m To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

JACOB c.. kAsJENs, OEIEORIA, ILLINOIS.

l Specification of Letters Patenti@V ratentea oet. 6, 190s.

i i. Application filed VMay 13, 1907. Seria1`No.3i73,525.

Be it known that I, JACOB G. KAsJENs,a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county'ofPeoria` and State of Illinois, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets;v land I do hereby declare `that the'following is a full', clear, and exact `descriptionof the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the' art to which it appertains to `make and use the same. i Y

u This invention relates to `improvements 1n faucets, and more particularly to afaucet adapted for use onsoda fountainsfor draw- Ving fluids under pressure. l f

The object of the present invention isto provide a faucet of the character described` which can be madefluid tight but can atthe same time be easily operated. A

A further object is to providea faucet of the character described in which great pressure can be used to maintain a tight joint for preventing leakage of huid-without in any way affecting the free and easy movement of the lever of said faucet.

A further object of the inventionjisv to provide two peculiarly constructed vfacing and Contactin stationary and kthe other movable, the face of the stationary one having a raised outer annular flange `within which `thelmovable disk snugly fitsto prevent leakage. l j

Another .Object is to provide the surface of one of these disks with concentricV annular grooves, the other'having corresponding anf nular flanges toseat therein to further assist in preventing leakage between the disks, all of which willbe clearly pointed out in the following specification. Y

v In my improved faucet I provide means for holding the faces ofthe valve and valve seat together with considerable pressure and also provide a series of balls between one of the disks and the operating meansV which will permit said faucet to bey easilyoperated regardless ofthe tacting faces. v

a series of balls with a `faucet for reducing friction nor to provide concentric annular grooves andjianges, but IV believethat the particular combination and arrangement of parts described and claimed has not heretofore been used. In my faucet I `employ an adjusting portion for tightening the parts and this is positively `held by means valve members or disks, `*one friction' 'between the conof a lock-nut so that the most delicate adjustmentcan be made l and kept by means of said Vlocknut.

In the appended drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the faucet. Fig. la' is a top view of a nozzle. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the faucet in part section. Fig- 3 is a horizontal section ofua por- Vtionl of the faucet taken on line a, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is 'a horizontal section of the same on .line-b, Figjl. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of oneof the disks ofthe faucet. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a second disk. Fig. 7 is a face view of amember showing `the `ball-race therein. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one extremity of an operating lever of the faucet. Fi 9 is an enlarged view in cross section o part of two contacting ldisks shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6. Fig. 10 is an edge view of a locking ring. A indicates the front wall of the fountain to which the faucet is secured.

B is the body ofthe faucet which extends -through' the wall A being secured therein by suitable means, such for instance, as a nutv The outer end ofthe faucet has a dependingpportion C through which the fluid is drawn.

As shown in Fig. 2 in transverse section the head of Vthe' faucet is provided with a .socket D which receives a disk E (Fig. 5) of hard rubber or leather or any other substance thatmay be found best suited tO the purpose.

`This disk, as shown in Fig. 3, has a central aperture at F communicating with a passage 1Gr extending at right angles thereto as shown Iin said Fig. 3 the end of which opens into a `central fluid passage H in the faucet B,

through which the Huid is drawn. In said depending portion C of the faucet are two passages J and K the lower end of the former extending to the center of the said portion C,

the passage K terminating at one side of the :center as clearly shown in Fig. l.

Y, In the disk E just described, and as clearly 4shown in Figs. l and 5, are two apertures L `and M which open through the face of the I am aware that it is notgnew to combinev disk eachbeing located at the same distance from the center of said disk, said apertures communicating with internal passages N O, Fig. 5, which communicate with the passages J and K respectively, in the portion C.

P is andisk of hard rubber or leather or other suitable'material which is carried by a cup Q, Fig.V 2, said disk adapted to bear against the4 disk E as shown. The said cup Q has in its outer face a ball race R, Fig. 7, and the disk P is secured in this member for instance, by screws S shown in the figure last referred to. The inner annular surface of the faucet adjacent to the disk E is provided with screw threads T designed to be engaged by a cupped member U having a ball race V inside it to correspond with the ball race R of the member Q just described, there being a series of balls lV lying between the two members Q U in `the ball race just described.

At 2, Figs. 2 and 10, is a ring internally threaded to screw upon the threaded portion of the member U as shown, and constitutes a lock-nut so that after the said member U is tightened to the required extent the ring 2 when tightened will hold the member U firmly in place so that it cannot voluntarily shift. This locking means, however, is well. known in many of the arts and requires no further description.

The member Q is provided with a rectangular opening 3 for receiving a correspondingly formed projection 4 on one extremity of the lever 5 of the faucet. The opposite extremity of this lever has a counter-.sunk hole at 6 for receiving the head of a screw 7 the latter being threaded into an aperture S of the faucet head, there being an ornamental cap 9 interposed between the lever and the said head as shown. Preferably the face of the disk E has a depression therein as shown at 10, Fig. 9, to receive the opposite disk P, this depression being of such size that said disk P will snugly fit into it. This depression is also provided with two concentric annular recesses 11 and 12 and the disk P has two correspondingly po.

sitioned annular concentric raised portions 13 and 14 adapted to enter said depressions. By thus forming the faces of the disks it is quite evident that there will be small chance of leakage of fluids from the apertures outside the disk. Tf, for any reason, the fluids were to escape from the apertures it could not get past these depressions. At the lower end of the depending portion C of the faucet is attached a nozzle 15 having a central passage 16 communicating with the passage J before described. The nozzle 15, has an annular cupped space at 17 which lies immediately beneath the discharge end of the passage K. Screwed upon the portion C and inclosing the said nozzle is a member 18 having a contraction at 19 just below the said nozzle the purpose of which will be presently explained.

Returning to the disk P it will be seen in Fig. G that it is provided with a central aperture P which corresponds in position with the aperture F of the disk E. Also at P2 in said disk P is an aperture' which corresponds exaetly in position with the apertures M N in that it is the same distance ture F.

from the center of the disk as the two apertures M N just mentioned so that when the disks are' turned upon one another the central apertures of both will. be in constant register while the other apertures will be in register only at certain times. Said apertures P and P2 are connected by a common passage P3 shown in broken lines in Fig. G. It will be noted in Pigs. 1 and 3 that the passage G of the disk E is always in communication with the passage H of the faucet and that the aperture P of the disk P, as just stated, is in constant register with the aperlllith the lever 5 occupying the raised position as shown in Fig. 1, the aperture PZ is held closed by the opposite disk E but when the lever is pulled down to draw fluid said aperture P2 is carried into register with the aperture L of the disk E, the Iiuid being liberated through the passage J and the passage 16 of the nozzle 15. lVhen desired to have an indirect flow of Huid the lever is thrown backward or toward the fountain thereby placing the aperture P` in register with the aperture M of the disk E. The iiow of Huid will be through the passage K, whence it is ejected upon the annular grooved seat 17 of the nozzle thence running down through the contracted neck of the member 1S.

The cupped member U remains stationary within the head of the faucet being secured rigidly in place by means of the locking arrangement 2 hereinbefore described. The extremity of the lever 5 extends through said member U so that the projection L11 can engage the depression 8 of the member Q. lVhen the lever is moved the member Q is made to turn inside the said member U to shift the disk P the balls freely permitting such movement.

It is well known that where means is provided by which to tighten the parts of a. faucet to prevent leakage that after such tightening the friction between the parts is often so great that it is sometimes impossible to move the lever. This is also true to a greater. or less extent in ay faucet having flat faced opposed disks as herein described. And it is here that I have found it necessary to provide anti-friction means, and have found that by my construction I am enabled to use unlimited pressure to hold the disks together for preventing leakage and yet am enabled to swing the lever with perfect freedom. It is my desire, in this application, to claim the disks E and P with their grooves and flanges and letting the surface of one of such disks into the other as described and shown for pr lventing leakage.

Having thus` described my invention, l claim,

1. In a. faucet the combination of the body of the faucet having a` central bore, a disk seated therein having a substantially tlat face and also havinga raised annular ange adapted to -rest upon that of thefirst said disk, and also to seat withinl the said flange, the said faucet having fluid passages therein, there being passages in the rst saidi disk having terminalopening through the face of the said disk, there being a passage in the second disk having two terminals opening through its face and adapted to register with those of the passages of the first disk, a meinber for carrying said second disk, an adjusting device adjacent to said memberl for holding the disks together with pressure, aseries of balls interposed between the-memberand said adjusting device, and means for turning the second disk upon the iirst.`

2. In a faucet the combination of the bodyv of the faucet having fa central bore, a disk seated therein having a substantially flat face, and also havingal raised annular flange extending up from said face, a second disk also having a substantially flat face and adapted to-restupon that of the rst said disk, and to seat within the said Harige, the

Vsaid faucet having Huid passages therein,

there being passages in the first said disk having terminals opening through the face of said disk, there being a passage in the second disk having two terminals opening through its face and adapted to register with those of the passages of the rst disk, a member for carrying said second'disk, an adjusting device adjacent to said member for holding the disks together with pressure, a series of balls interposed between the member and said adjusting device, means for securing the adjusting device in position, and means for turning the second disk upon the first.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

l JACOB G. KASJ ENS. Witnesses:

C. B. MCDOGAL, j L. M. THURLow. 

